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Will Robert Roberson have a chance to testify? Death row inmateโs next moves lie with Texas Supreme Court
Read full article: Will Robert Roberson have a chance to testify? Death row inmateโs next moves lie with Texas Supreme CourtRobert Roberson may have had his execution date postponed, but time is running out for whether he will get to testify.
Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
Read full article: Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in TexasAn exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found that companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade.
Man serving 50-year sentence for killing potential witness in brotherโs murder trial has died in East Texas prison
Read full article: Man serving 50-year sentence for killing potential witness in brotherโs murder trial has died in East Texas prisonA man serving a 50-year sentence for the shooting deaths of a couple in 2017 has died in an East Texas prison.
Man convicted in ambush killing of estranged wife, her niece at Harris County home in 2012 dies in east Texas prison
Read full article: Man convicted in ambush killing of estranged wife, her niece at Harris County home in 2012 dies in east Texas prisonRicardo Jose Prado Jr., 41, died at around 11:45 p.m. on April 1 at a state penitentiary located in Tennessee Colony, TX. He was serving a sentence of life without parole for the crime.
State lawmakers again try to ban most dangerous nuclear waste as feds consider allowing it at West Texas site
Read full article: State lawmakers again try to ban most dangerous nuclear waste as feds consider allowing it at West Texas siteA failed regular session bill sought to give a financial break to a West Texas nuclear waste disposal company. Now, lawmakers have removed what opponents called a giveaway and are again trying to pass a bill to stop highly radioactive materials from coming to Texas.
Watch: Meet the Texas doctors on a mission to vaccinate their rural communities
Read full article: Watch: Meet the Texas doctors on a mission to vaccinate their rural communitiesWorried about a possible resurgence of COVID-19 infections, doctors Carolyn Salter and her husband, Michael Gorby, have taken it upon themselves to get lagging vaccination rates up in rural East Texas.
Newspaper owner: Sorry for equating mask rule to Holocaust
Read full article: Newspaper owner: Sorry for equating mask rule to HolocaustHicks is the GOP chairman for Anderson County in eastern Kansas. His newspaper is based in the Anderson County seat of Garnett, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City and has a circulation of about 2,100, according to the Kansas Press Association. State law allows counties to opt out of her mask mandate, and Anderson County has done so. The state health department has reported only four coronavirus cases for Anderson County, all of them since May 8. State and local officials across the U.S. have faced resistance to mask requirements from Trumps supporters.
Kansas newspapers post equates mask mandate with Holocaust
Read full article: Kansas newspapers post equates mask mandate with HolocaustThe cartoon on the Anderson County Reviews Facebook page depicts Gov. Its caption is, Lockdown Laura says: Put on your mask ... and step onto the cattle car.The newspaper posted the cartoon on Friday, the day that Kellys mask order aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus took effect. Finally, he said, putting the Star of David on Kellys mask is anti-Semitic because it implies nefarious Jews are behind her actions. Anderson County, with about 7,900 residents, is part of a conservative swath of eastern Kansas. The state health department has reported only four coronavirus cases for Anderson County, all of them since May 8.